Jo Gideon MP is to raise the matter of button batteries in parliament. Harper Lee’s Law campaign will formally be launched in Parliament on Wednesday, 21st July, with a Private Member’s Bill, the Button Batteries (Safety) Bill. It will highlight the issues to raise public awareness and seek government support for a range of safety measures.
The purpose of Harper-Lee’s Law:
- Raise awareness of this tragic death and the danger of button batteries
- To set a minimum safety standard for products containing button batteries
- Require the safe packaging of button batteries and work with supermarkets to ensure the
batteries are not displayed in aisles at child height
- Consider the options for coating batteries to reduce the danger of ingestion
- Improving date collection to inform clinical care and improve speed of diagnosis
